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Comedy in Two Science Fiction Films

This essay describes how comedy was achieved in two science fiction films, "Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home" and "Galaxy Quest." Th...

Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid

This essay pertains to "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney. The writer argues that comedic effect is achieved by keeping the voi...

Student Retention Two-Year Institution

This paper describes a program to retain at risk students in community colleges. The program is based on empirical studies that id...

GE and Change

Thomas Edison founded General Electric (GE) in 1878 in Menlo Park, New Jersey. He subsequently merged his company with another. Me...

Innovative Approaches to Public and Private Partnerships

as a result of the Dinosaur Diamond project increased tourism revenue in Colorado to $75 million (Schneiger, 1999). The project al...

Working Poor According to Beth Shulman and Barbara Ehrenreich

addresses in her book, which also deals with the plight of the working poor. Like Ehrenreich, Shulman argues against American soci...

'Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift' by Jonathan Swift

as literal descriptions of Swifts feelings (Jonathan Swift). However, there is also a note of truth behind these statements that...

Coen Brothers' Film O Brother Where Art Thou? and Marxist Themes

McGill spins a yarn about buried ill-gotten gains ($1.2 million) that he promises to share (Berardinelli). In their journey, the...

Russell Banks' Continental Drift and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

complete of his sense of self - everything within his environment has the feeling of being "other." Tayo is literally the walking ...

Point of View in Amy Tan's 'The Rules of the Game' and in Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

he urges Jig to have an abortion. Despite the fact that the man repeatedly says that he does not want Jig to do anything that sh...

Necessity of Vaccinations for Children

"little or no firsthand knowledge" about the seriousness of childhood diseases (Kimmel et al, 1996). Back in 1993, for example, a ...

Nonconformity in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

terns of physical size. He explains to McMurphy, who is in reality shorter than Bromden, that he sees McMurphy as bigger than hims...

Workplace Freedom of Speech

logos of their choice or, for that matter, to raise the occasional question about management priorities," she adds. The pr...

US and UK Social Security Reforms

certain number of months. For a person born in 1939, as an example, full retirement come at 65 plus 4 months; a person born in 195...

Probation and Diversion Programs, Their Effectiveness

This essay/research paper pertains to diversion and probation programs, detailing problems and discussing ways in which their effe...

APN Posts, Definition and Roles

This essay pertains to how the International Council of Nurses defines advanced nursing practice and it also discusses the confusi...

ESL Instruction, Cross-Cultural Activities

This essay offers two lessons and activities that provide cultural instruction within the context of ESL (English as a Second Lang...

Developmental Profile, Child Observation

This essay presents a guide to the milestones that pertain to the develop of 2-year-olds and the paper concludes with a descriptio...

Tourism and National Value Systems

This essay pertains to the influence of national values systems and their impact on organizational culture and employee working re...

Political Resistance and Pirates

This essay is on the manner in which pirates have represented political resistance throughout history. Six pages in length, five s...

Appropriate Attire, Dietician

This research paper/essay addresses what, specifically, should be worn by registered dietitians while on duty. Three pages in leng...

Cultural Studies, Mass Media

This essay discusses the work of Hoggart, Williams, E.P. Thompson and Hall in the evolution of mass media cultural studies. Three ...

Moby-Dick, Discussion of Quotes from the Novel

This essay presents four quotes taken from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. The writer discusses the meaning of each quote in relatio...

Life's Journey, Basho and Bugbee

This essay takes quotes from both Matsuo Basho's Narrow Road to the Interior and Henry Bugbee's The Inward Morning and then discus...

Hamlet, the Influence of Chance and Fate

This essay pertains to the theme of chance and fate and their influence over the chance events that result in much the motivation ...

Norris' The Octopus

This essay proposes that the character of Presley in "The Octopus" by Frank Norris can be understood as quintessentially American....

P2P's Impact on Cinema Industry

This essay pertain to peer-to-peer (P2P) networking and the impact of film piracy on the cinema industry. Six pages in length, thr...

Drunk History and Substance Abuse Counseling

This essay pertains to "Drunk History," a TV show in which participants describe instances from history while inebriated. The writ...

Langston Hughes, Three Poems

This essay considers three of Langston Hughes's poems, "Harlem," "I, Too," and "Ballad of the Landlord" and argues that they are r...

SUD as Chronic Disease plus Overweight Kids

This essay proposes to categorize substance abuse as a chronic disease. The National Institute on Drug Abuse affirms this opinion ...